Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2020-11-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 7, Heifers 26, Bulls 17)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.42/cwt on 24 head.

Average price

$113.42

24 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$588

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$119

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$13.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.73

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	115.05	604	21
Medium and Large 2	475	102.00	485	3thin

One grade step is worth $13.05/cwt here — about $119 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale24 hd

113.42

—

VA average4 barns · 925 hd

119.14

−5.73

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

13 lots · USDA AMS · Roanoke-Hollins Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Roanoke, VA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	505	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	432	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	501	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	458	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	687	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	650	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	793	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	557	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	797	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	553	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	652	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	681	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	633	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	777	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	729	1

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Roanoke-Hollins Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Roanoke, VA

Mon Nov 30, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 7, Heifers 26, Bulls 17)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	443	114.00	114.00
3	—	465	119.00	119.00
3	—	615	106.00	106.00
4	—	570	119.50	119.50
6	—	548	115.50	115.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	80.00	80.00
2	—	443	113.00	113.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	458	150.00	150.00
4	—	650	122.00	122.00
8	—	557	143.00	143.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	518	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	129.00	129.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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